VIDEO: 'Chocolate Village' tour in Milton Lower Mills

Saturday

May 10, 2014 at 8:04 PMMay 10, 2014 at 9:19 PM

The historical walking tour Saturday of the Walter Baker Chocolate Co. site in Dorchester/Milton Lower Mills was a good time for all. The Dorchester Historical Society joined with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation for the walk, which drew people from across the South Shore and Boston.

Sue Scheible The Patriot Ledger @sues_ledger

The historical walking tour Saturday of the Walter Baker Chocolate Co. site in Dorchester/Milton Lower Mills was a good time for all.

The Dorchester Historical Society joined with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation for the walk which drew people from across the South Shore and Boston.

One special feature was the people who showed up for the tour who had worked in the Baker Chocolate factories or who had family members who worked there. They provided entertaining stories and were welcomed by Maggi Brown of the DCR to share their knowledge.

Paul Donahoe of Dorchester told the group how he worked in the silos that held the beans that would be made into chocolate and that during WWII, Boston industrial leaders promised the city would never run out of chocolate.

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